, 1887-05-19
From Sundays daily.

years.
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From Sundays daily.
A gentleman in from Peone
Prairie yesterday was considering
the advisability Of putting his ranch
on the market as an addition to this
city.
Not having the streets scraped In
the spring leaves vast amount OF
pulverized real estate lying around
loose to be distributed by the winds
Of summer.
Notwithstanding the population
was largely represented on the
streets yesterday there was dis
couraging absence of anything Of an
exciting nature.
Already is the voice Of the grOwler
| heard i'm the land over the hardship
OF q tramp into Stevens county every
time there Is a little business to
transact with the county officers.
The brick famine is demorallzing
all building operations. So anxious
are brick masOns to commence stack
ing up walls, that the first kiln OF
brick will be handled before it is
cooled of.
The livery stables are coming into
a better business with the advent of
sunshine. During the long reign Of
wet weather the stables were idle
and stable men looked as gloomy as
a man with the ague.
Seattle has contributed some S2,-
500 to the sufferers by the Nanaimo
coal mine disaster. Spokane Falls
has been slow In answering this ap-
peal for aid. 1t Is not too late now
for this city to send forward con-
tribution.
The always interesting process OF
taking heavy safes down stairs from
a second story was in progress in
Union block yesterday. The pro-
ceedings were looked upon with eN-
pectancy but no one was killed or
MANNED for life.
The house mover, who is changing
the position of a two story frame on
Main street, met with mishap yes
terday that dropped the structure
from the wheels to the ground. 1t
IL only wonder the building was
not mashed 10 pieces.
The proposed ice cream festival in
Moorc's hail next Tuesday even
ing under the auspices of the Ladies'
Guild for the benefit Of the Episcopal
church will bc luade very pleasant
affnir. and win no doubt attract u
very large attendance.
II the business man who j. tied
down to his store during the week
wants 10 scc something that will glad
den his eyes. let him go out to-day, if
the weather j.. pleasant, and stroll
over ihc town and see what WONDER
ful amount % improvements are
/ in progress everywhere.
The business like orders OF the cit,
council in regard to cleaning up the
| back lots had u salutary effect and
/ there has been u general removal Of
accumulated rubbish this week 1t
| was a wise precaution and should be
vigilently insisted upon at all times
as city cannot be too clean.
An apparition appeared in the
composing room yesterday, handed
the following to the boss and passed
out without uttering q word: "Rev.
democratic pope is in Spokane Falls,
but with the end OF Gabriel's horn in
his mouth" An Interpretation Is
wanted to relieve the puzzled force.
Nick Weber returned from Spo.
kane Falls Wednesday evening,
where he disposed of twenty-siX
head of horses. While In the boom
city he had the misfortune to lose
two good horses and saddles by hav-
No trace OF the thieves has vet been
found, though Nick offers 1926 fol-
the recovery Of the horses, saddles
and men, more especially the men.
Dayton Chronicle.
The telephone wires were mingled
together yesterday afternoon throw.
ing the system completely out OF
whack. 1t was amusing to ring the
bell and listen to the wall of anguish
that followed all the way along the
line, and some of the words distin
guishable were not calculated for re-
fined ears. 1t seems that the wire.
become tangled in putting them ou
of the way of Il house that was being
moved on Main street.
The extension of the Spokane u
Palouse railroad to Lewiston, Idaho
will open rich agricultural country
southeast of that city. The ricf
lands up the Clearwater, Lapawa
and Wah Wah prairies, and as fal
south as Camas prairie, have beer
taken up anu settled by an indus
trious class of people. The exten
sion of this road to Lewiston means
feeders to all these rich prairies cas-
and south of the Clearwater. Cama
prairie is capable OF raising FIVE mil
lion bushels Of wheat and can bcas
of the best stock ranges in northern
daho.-ColfaX CommOner.
st. Louis, Faust and Elanger bee
! on draught II; Squier 4 CO.'S to-day